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Cold War crisis comparison Cuba and Berlin SL - Coggle Diagram
Cold War crisis comparison Cuba and Berlin SL
possible essay questions
“Ideology was the most important cause of the Cold War crisis.” Discuss with reference to two Cold War crises, each chosen from a different region.
Examine the economic impact of the Cold War on two countries each chosen from a different region.
Discuss the impact of two Cold War crisis on superpower rivalry
Evaluate the cultural impact of the Cold War on two countries, each chosen from a different region.
Evaluate the impact of two crises on the development of the Cold War.
reasons for
Ideology
economy
superpower rivalry
impact on
Cuba as a country
economic
Cuba´s economy was saved by the USSR´s aid, but it became dependent on the USSR
Cuba joins COMECON
Cuba develops a huge debt to the USSR
as tensions eased between the USSR and the US, the USSR started to withdraw aid, as the USSR fell, the Cuban economy did as well, Castro had to allow self employment, there were shortages in water, oil, gas
social/ cultural
education, schools now existed to form te new revolutionaries, all boarding schools were nationalised, government decided what was being taught, all students were expected to do ´volunteer work´, teachers not in support of the regime were sacked
because of the US´s economic sanctions, working rights of women were defended by Castro, women were given technical and professional training, Cuba still a partiarchal society
Castro believed the arts had been to heavily influenced by the US, the National ballet was established, the Cuban Institute for arts and Cinema esztavlished, artists were not free to publish, their art had to contribute to the revolutionary cause
Cold War context
detente starting in the late 1960s
SALT treaties
nuclear war attitudes
FRG
scope + historiography
Cuban missile crisis 1962
Berlin crisis